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UN plan to give Saddam 72 hours to leave Baghdad
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| 3/8/03
Posted on 03/08/2003 7:47:00 PM PST by areafiftyone
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To: areafiftyone
"If the proposal, understood to be in the form of a short paragraph, becomes part of a second resolution and is adopted by the Security Council, the UN would oversee the establishment of a post-Saddam government and the UN, not the US, would take stewardship of Iraq's oilfields. "
Again: "THE UN WOULD OVERSEE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A POST SADDAM GOVERNMENT AND THE UN NOT THE US WOULD TAKE STEWARDSHIP OF IRAQ'S OILFIELDS."
God forbid. Our President said we are liberating Iraq and its oilfields for the IRAQI PEOPLE.
I'm thinking the UN weasels are seeing their welcome days in the US are numbered and are now looking for another sugar daddy....well my my....looky over there! A bunch of oil wells just WAITING to be donated to the UN cause!
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posted on
03/08/2003 9:08:38 PM PST
by
TEXOKIE
To: marajade
Clinton had an attention span that was less than my cat's. He bored easily.
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posted on
03/08/2003 9:09:43 PM PST
by
Torie
To: Howlin
Let me ask: Does it really matter what the UN says? All they can do is make noise, anyway. Let them think what they wish.
You know, we know, that, if we can achieve the desired conclusion without the US/UK/Australia losing soldiers, the real credit goes to W and his adminstration.
I'll gladly let the UN take all the credit they want in exchange for the safety of the troops, the comfort of their families, and the conclusion we desire.
There is a saying "There is no limit to what you can acccomplish if you let others take the credit."
I think W is enough of a man, and of a statesman, to allow others to take credit for his victory.
83
posted on
03/08/2003 9:13:14 PM PST
by
Museum Twenty
(Patience, patience, patience! W appears to be a great poker player. I trust him. Have faith!)
To: Torie
Sadam fancies himself as the second coming of Saladin, no way is he playing.
But as an aside, how do the UN and Euroists justify Sadaam in Paradise and Milosevic in the Gulag?
84
posted on
03/08/2003 9:13:23 PM PST
by
jwalsh07
To: Oldeconomybuyer
A UN-brokered sanctuary for a brutal dictator who murdered tens of thousands of innocent civilians and operates torture chambers for citizens who disagree with his regime sounds about right for the UN.Not to mention the billions he will have at his disposal to cause mischief and fund terrorists. OBL only had around $200 million. Think what a free Saddam could do for terrorism with his billions.
This guy has to die.
85
posted on
03/08/2003 9:15:28 PM PST
by
Maceman
To: way-right-of-center
Please see my reply 78 for the real reason for the UN to consider this and take control of the oil fields.
To: GodBlessPeggyNoonan
I think W is enough of a man, and of a statesman, to allow others to take credit for his victory. Except that this would not victory. Iraqi would simply be trading one corrupt brutal master for another. And the US would be blamed.
No. No. No. We have done it the UN way before. It has always ended up a mess. Take a look at North Korea. Never again.
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posted on
03/08/2003 9:21:07 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Go away or I will replace you with a very small shell script)
To: kcvl
It is thought that Saddam's sons, Uday and Qusay, would push for a safe passage out rather than face a cataclysmic end in a Baghdad bunker. 'Uday might be the first to shoot his father if he refused an amnesty,' one senior Jordan official is quoted as saying. Uday would kill Saddam???
Plus I don't thing he'll take the offer
Also .. why do these countries care if Saddam lives ?
88
posted on
03/08/2003 9:25:15 PM PST
by
Mo1
(RALLY FOR AMERICA - VALLEY FORGE,PA MARCH 16, 2003 1:00 PM)
To: NordP
**Can we pretend we are ALL dyslexic and say 27 hours???? **
okey dokey :o)
To: Howlin
"Saddam knows if he leaves he's a dead man."He's a dead man either way. A living, breathing Saddam from his anticipated French lair would still be able to direct a terrorism network with his stolen billions lying in Swiss banks...
And IMO, Bin Laden is already done in secretly to avoid fueling his martyrdom.
90
posted on
03/08/2003 9:28:06 PM PST
by
F16Fighter
(There is NO difference between the French and Democrats.)
To: WOSG
I am glad Bush is forcing a vote no matter what. Forces countries to pick a side. Shrewd move, IMHO. That way, you eliminate the "Hillary Syndrome" which I know I really don't have to explain to anyone here. Someone in that cabinet is making some pretty good moves. Cheney, perhaps?
To: big ern
yep, true enough
To: upchuck
Whoa, whoa! We're gonna give this to the UN? I don't like this at all. The UN has proven time after time they are totally incompetent. We're just asking for lotsa trouble if this goes down. I agree. The UN will install an anti-american government. That will eliminate our ability to base in Iraq. With basing in Iraq, we are much less dependent on coalitions in the middle east. With it, we can pressure Iran, the Saudis and Syria to start participating in the War on Terror.
US control in Iraq means a complete change in the correlation of forces in the middle east. UN control means little change. In fact, under UN control, Iraq will probably become the haven of choice for al Quaeda.
The French/Germans/UN do not have our interests at heart. I would bitterly oppose any measure that results in UN (read French/German/Chinese/Russian) control of Iraq when we spent blood and money to make it possible.
To: areafiftyone
'Uday might be the first to shoot his father if he refused an amnesty,' one senior Jordan official is quoted as saying Recently I heard one of Sadaam's former officials say that he didn't trust even his sons.
To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
Its like Doctor Evil and his son Scott!
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posted on
03/08/2003 9:37:28 PM PST
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. is now officially irrelevant! The building is for Sale!!!)
To: Howlin
Saddam knows if he leaves he's a dead man.
So therefore he has no alternative, if he goes hes dead, if he stays hes dead. And presently Saddam is a dead man walking.
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posted on
03/08/2003 9:42:12 PM PST
by
TexKat
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
I stipulated that we need to have the outcome we desire.
I don't think W will settle for less than the outcome he wants, including a satisfactory (free) future for the Iraqi people.
However, I think W is perfectly willing to let the UN save face by letting the end game appear as if the UN is not being pushed around by the US.
So long as the UN ends up doing what W wants, I think he would be happy to let them save face.
It takes a lot of character to put the emphasis on the actual results, rather than getting on the public credit. The longer this situation has been going on, the more impressed I am by our President. He is a statesman, not a politician.
To: #3Fan
(If the UN gets the oil fields, expect Bill Clinton to become head of the UN. It's always "follow the money".)Sheesh, what a nightmare THAT would be.
Bill becoming head of the U.N. is a terrible prospect. Even Rush Limbaugh said it was on his radar screen, with a possibility that Hillary might be in the White House.
When does Kofi Anan's term expire? I thought it was 2006? That's two years before Hillary could (conceivably if Bush wins a second term) be elected.
Yikes. (music from JAWS plays in the background)
Okay you guys, this must NEVER happen. We've got to work our butts off, and pray much harder than we work.
To: areafiftyone
I believe the United States is already looking into the possibility that Saddam will exile himself. It won't be Iran, but Syria, Lebanon, and Libya might be his destination. I'm sure the US, UK, and Israeli forces are looking to intercept such a attempt whether it's by air, land, sea, or any combination.
I don't see Saddam doing a Hitler impersonation in some underground bunker. I do, however, see him take a Manuel Noriega approach. He could go to a "friendly" embassy and seek asylum.
To: big ern
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posted on
03/08/2003 9:45:29 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
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